Editorial, Página Siete: The country is going through a delicate economic situation that is reflected in the precipitous drop in the international reserves of the Central Bank of Bolivia, in the disproportionate increase in the cost of importing fuel and in the search for dollars through an exchange rate differentiated for exporters, among other measures….
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Five providential causes that support the economy
Luis Antezana writes wonderfully for El Diario: Five providential causes that support the economy There are two ways to learn about the status and the development of a country: if wealth occurs from the inside or if prosperity is caused by external factors. In the first case, the development is originated in domestic production and…
Is it morally, ethically to claim victory over someone else’s credit?
Bolivian government has the tendency to inflate its accomplishments, out of arrogance, desperation or who knows… in any case current news from El Diario is very illustrative, vis-a-vis our most visible and important industry: hydrocarbons! Yesterday presented the annual report of the State oil company to the press Analysts: YPFB achievements are due to efforts…
Bolivia: Subventions 101, irresponsible and unsustainable demagogue
An important Editorial analysis from El Diario: Subvention, a great dilemma The Government, since the damn “gasolinazo” [Bolivian slang of a proposed high increase in the prices of gasoline, diesel and liquid gas] of December 2010, has left in abeyance concerns by that measure, since the determination to abolish subsidies was overturned, it opened new…
Are Bolivian subsidies a good and long-run sustainable practice?
Natali Vargas reports for Pagina Siete: Maintains support for fuels, electricity, flour and corn They subsidize 4 products to avoid price increases ANALYSIS specialists argue that the Government should assess the social impact that has on the people these benefits, although they believe that the poor should benefit more. In addition to fuels, the State…
Bolivian presidential doubts…
A fine article written by Humberto Vacaflor G. and published in HoyBolivia.com: President Evo Morales speaks in public every day, more than once, but hates journalism. Like that, there are other conflicting attitudes of his excellency that should concern everyone, because supposedly he rules for everyone, not just for the coca growers. On Monday he met…
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